Multi-Dimensional Wellbeing for the Assessment of Progress

1. Multi-Dimensional Wellbeing for the Assessment of Progress A full, direct operationalisation and extension of Sen’s approach to welfare economics July 2015 ESRC Seminar Series Conference Sheffield University Paul Anand, Faculty of Social Sciences The Open University, HERC Oxford and CPNSS LSE

2. Structure • Motivation and Theory • Full and direct Operationalisation for US and UK for the assessment of progress • Wellbeing over the life course Development and happiness in two year olds • Further Uses of Our Data Deprivation and the Experiential Value of Social Resources

3. 2015 Wellbeing Over 50, Journal of Economics of Aging Development and Happiness of Two Year Olds Multi-Dimensional Wellbeing in US and UK for the Assessment of Progress Health Measurement and Valuation: A Caapbility Approach to Mobility Impairment A General Index of Freedom The Ability to Plan and Social Capital Wellbeing as a Wicked Problem, Jo of Happiness Studies 2014 The Measurement of Progress in Terms of Life Quality: It Can Be Done, Th OxCap-MH, Jo of Mental Health Policy and Economics, Operationing the capability approach for outcome measurement in mental health research Dealing with Increasing 2013 Operationalising the capability approach for outcome measurement in mental health research, Social Science and Medicine Multi-dimensional Welfare: Do Groups Vary in their Priorities and Behaviours, Fiscal Studies Housing and Quality of Life for Migrant Communities in Westerm Europe: A Capabilities Approach, Journal on Migration and Human Security • Measuring Welfare: Latent Variable Models for Happiness and Capabilities in the Presence of Unobservable Heterogeneity, Journal of Public Economics The Psychology and Behavioral Economics of Poverty, Journal of Economic Psychology 2009 Obesity as market failure: could a deliberative economy overcome the problems of paternalism? Kykos The Development of Capability Indicators, Journal of Human Development and Capabilities 2007 Violent crime, gender inequalities and wellbeing, Revue d’economie politique

5. Capability Approach • Activities/States = f (Resources, Abilities) • Happiness = u (Activities/States) • Opportunities = h (Resources, Abilities)

6. Derivation of the Wellbeing Space • Personal suggestions • Examples from Household Surveys • Nussbaum’s (2000) List • Focus Group Work (Glasgow/Public Health) • Public Consultation (UK, 30,000) • Comparison with Official Approaches (OECD, EU)

7. 5 Types of Capability Indicators Type 1. Opportunities Type 2. Abilities Type 3. Constraints Type 4. Functionings + Reasons Type 5. Functionings + Universality

8. CAPABILITY INDICATORS h. I am able to share tasks within the household fairly h. I am able to socialise with others in my family as I would wish h. I am able to make ends meet h. I am able to achieve a good work-life balance h. I am able to enjoy the kinds of personal relationships that I want h. I have good opportunities to fee valued and loved w. I am able to find work when I need to w. I am able to use my talents and skills at work w. I am able to work under a good manager at the moment w. I am always treated as an equal (and not discriminated against) by people at work w. I have good opportunities for promotion or recognition at work w. I have good opportunities to socialise at work c. I have good opportunities to take part in local social events c. I am treated by people where I live as an equal (and not discriminated against) c. I am able to practice my religious beliefs (including atheism/agnosticism) c. I am able to express my political views when I wish c. I am able to walk in my local neighbourhood safely at night e. I am able to visit parks or countryside whenever I want e. I am able to work in an environment that has little pollution from cars or other sources e. I am able to keep a pet or animals at home with ease if I so wish e. I am able to places I need without difficulty When needed I find it easy to a. Make use of banking and personal finance services a. Get my rubbish cleared away a. Get tradespeople or the landlord to help fix problems in the house a. Be treated by a doctor or nurse a. Get help from the police a. Get help from a lawyer a. Get to a range of shops

9. Daily Activities Attending an Evening Class Caring for someone ill or frail (unpaid) Community involvement Cooking DIY Drinking alcohol Exercising Housework Internet (for personal use) Internet (for paid employment) Intimate Relations Listening to music Looking after a pet Other outdoor activities Paid employment Playing a musical instrument Praying or meditating Relaxing or napping Reading for pleasure Self-care Smoking tobacco Socialising Shopping Time with children Visting a park or the countryside Visiting a cinema/concert/gallery/museum

10. Four Measures of Experience • Overall how satisfied are you with your life nowadays? • Overall how happy did you feel yesterday? • Overall how anxious did you feel yesterday? • Overall to what extent do you feel that the things you do in your life are worthwhile?

11. Social resources and non-cognitive skills

12. Data • 1000 adults US, UK and Italy (2012) • 500 mobility impairment and UK 2nd wave (2013) • 600+ adults in Argentina (2007) • 1000 adult capabilities UK (2005)

19. Anand and Roope (2014) Happiness and development in very young children

20. Capabilities and Welfare over the Lifespan- Very Young Children • Mother and Child module GSOEP • Birth and 2years • Data for all three equations: f1=f(parenting regime, household affluence, local environment) u2-u0=g(f1…f9) C=h(f1…f9)

21. Capabilities and Welfare over the LifespanVery Young Children Functionings • Sing Singing children’s songs with or to the child • Walk Taking walks outdoors • Paint Painting or doing arts and crafts • Read Reading or telling stories • Look Looking at picture books • Play Going to the playground • Visit Visiting other families with children • Shop Going shopping with the child • Watch Watching television or videos with the child

22. Activities Significant in Child Happiness Equation Reading

23. Activities Significant in Child Happiness Equation Reading Shopping

24. Capability Indicators/Skills Measures • Talking • t1 Understands brief instructions such as “go get your shoes” • t2 Forms sentences with at least two words • t3 Speaks in full sentences (with four or more words) • t4 Listens attentively to a story for five minutes or longer • t5 Passes on simple messages such as “dinner is ready” • Everyday skills • e1 Uses a spoon to eat, without assistance and without dripping • e2 Blows his/her nose without assistance • e3 Uses the toilet to do ‘number two’ • e4 Puts on pants and underpants the right way around • e5 Brushes his/her teeth without assistance • Motor • m1 Walks forwards down the stairs • m2 Opens doors with the door handle • m3 Climbs up playground climbing equipment and other high playground structures • m4 Cuts paper with scissors • m5 Paints/draws recognizable shapes on paper • Social • s1 Calls familiar people by name; for example, says “mommy” and “daddy” or uses the father’s first name • s2 Participates in games with other children • s3 Get’s involved in role-playing games (‘playing pretend’) • s4 Shows a special liking for particular playmates or friends • s5 Call his/her own feelings by name, eg “sad”, “happy”, “scared”

25. Capabilities and Functions Simultaneous Equations – 3SLS • Capabilities (Development) Eq • Functionings (Targeting) Eq

26. Talking Capabilities and Singing Activities (Being sung to functioning)

27. Child Skill Production Functions Speech related to singing reading visiting Motor skills related to singing painting Social skills related to visiting singing Everyday skills related to playground visiting Cognate Activities Important

28. Anand and Roope(2015) and Anand and Mantovani (2015) Multi-dimensional deprivation – local and personal, Social Resources Matter

29. English Indices of Deprivation

35. Some Conclusions • Sen’s theory is fully operationalisable • Quality of life is highly multi-dimensional • Capability framework is appropriate for life course studies